Quote: Peter London, “The artistic process…is a powerful practice by which we can work toward the achievement of desired states of mind and work.”

Creating is about being able to keep myself open so that I will easily be able to respond to what is around me. In this case, I want to think of myself as a well manured and groomed garden bed, so that if seeds are planted, they will easily grow.

Creativity is about living in a way that makes my heart feel full. The more I am full (of love, inspiration, etc…) the less I have cravings and the more I am content with “what is”. It seems if you don’t open your mind and become “fertile ground”, you will never experience abundance.

Life’s journey may be a neverending quest to keep ourselves open-minded; fertile and consequently, free.

When I get to the studio after some time of not creating, I have to expect that the first few things I do will be throwaways. My goal isn’t to create a masterpiece, but to just access my creative thinking which seems to get bogged down by routine of daily life. Sometimes I find accessing my creativity like starting a garden out of a patch of lawn. The first part is hard work and not fruitful, but necessary.